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Thread poster: Katalin Horváth McClure
Katalin Horváth McClure
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Member (2002)
English to Hungarian
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Jan 27, 2011

Today I received a spam (from a guy trying to sell his agency database) via my profile page.
This is nothing unusual, and I dealt with it my usual way - reported it as spam, using the link in the footer at the bottom of the message, and then also used the link to "Block profile messages from this sender:".
I was about to delete the message, when I took a closer look at the footer, and this is what I saw:
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Today I received a spam (from a guy trying to sell his agency database) via my profile page.
This is nothing unusual, and I dealt with it my usual way - reported it as spam, using the link in the footer at the bottom of the message, and then also used the link to "Block profile messages from this sender:".
I was about to delete the message, when I took a closer look at the footer, and this is what I saw:
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Block profile messages from this sender: http://www.proz.com/?sp=ef&add_ip_block=163.30.188.31&[email protected]
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(I put the x-es and the bold font there just now - not that the guy deserves to be protected this way, but anyway, rules are rules.)
Now, if I understand this link correctly, it would block not only the IP address, but also the specific email address from sending profile mail.
This is great!!!
Is this a new addition, or am I behind the times (again)?
Either way, it is a very welcomed change.
However, when I went to my profile page to check whether the block took effect, I did not see a list of blocked email addresses on my email preferences setting page.
Under Block lists there is a list of blocked ProZ usernames, and and also a list of blocked IP addresses, but no email list.
So, here is my question:
Could we have a list for blocked email addresses in the same fashion as the other two block lists we have?

Thanks
Katalin


[Edited at 2011-01-27 14:51 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 


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